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 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
 * Licensed  under the  Apache License,  Version 2.0  (the "License");
 * you may not use  this file  except in  compliance with the License.
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package net.jplugin.org.apache.log.format;

import net.jplugin.org.apache.log.LogEvent;

/** This defines the interface for components that wish to serialize
 * LogEvents into Strings.
 *
 * @author Peter Donald
 */
public interface Formatter
{
    /**
     * Serialize log event into string.
     *
     * @param event the event
     * @return the formatted string
     */
    String format( LogEvent event );
}
